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Daybreak: Sunny With A Chance of Peace

Plus Rabbi Shmuley stuck at Newark International, and more in the news

by
Marc Tracy
January 05, 2010

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sounded a note of unusual optimism regarding potential future talks with the Palestinians. [Haaretz]
• It turns out that the suicide bomber who slayed seven CIA agents in Afghanistan last week had actually been recruited by Jordanian intelligence to infiltrate al Qaeda in the Afghan hinterlands. [NYT]
• Iran announced plans to stage a massive military exercise next month while the world responds to its latest nuclear counteroffer. [WSJ]
• Rabbi Shmuley Boteach pens a dispatch from Newark International Airport, where a man recently went through a “secure” exit and shut the airport down for a time. Boteach says he had to wait for hours while his wife and children’s plane sat on the runway. [JPost]
• An Arab Knesset representative accused the Israeli military of training dogs to attack anyone who says, “Allahu Akbar.” The IDF denied the charge. [Haaretz]

Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.